Combined measure



l-L MITCHELL. Combined Funnel and Faucet.

No. 46,690. Patented March 7,1865.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY.MITOHELL, OE RICHMOND, INDIANA.

COMBINED MEASURE, FUNNEL, AND FAUCET.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,690, dated March 7, 1865.

. arrangement, construction, and combination of a funnel which is likewise a correct measure, having a faucet attached, the whole to be attached to any reservoir or barrel containing liquid of any kind, so that the liquid can be correctly measured while being drawn off.

A represents a reservoir, cask, or barrel containing liquid ofany-kind. At the bot tom is a curved pipe, B, fastened by screw or otherwise to the barrel. This pipe connects with a cylinder, 0, and the lower end of the funnel and measurer D fits closely into the cylinder. At the periphery of the bottom of the cylinder is a long opening or slot, E, in which a thumb-screw or small'lever, G, that is permanently fastened to the bottom of the funnel, operates. At or near the front side of the cylinder G the faucet H is attached. The funnel D has measured circular lines on the inside to indicate the quantity (from a pint to a gallon, more or less) that may be required.

The bottom of the funnel is cylindricalshaped, and revolves and fits closely against the inside of the cylinder 0, its collar I resting on the top of the cylinder. In this lower end of the funnel is an aperture, J, corresponding with the mouths of the pipe B and faucet H.

When a particular quantity of liquor is to drawn olf and measured, the operator, with his hands at the top of the funnel, turns the funnel slightly. The liquid then flows from the barrel A through the pipe B and through. the aperture J into the-bottom of the funnel D,

until the liquid rises to the line of measure-.

ment, the quantity required. He then turns the funnel until the aperture J arrives at the faucet H. This movement shuts off the flow from the pipe B, and the liquid commences flowing through the aperture J and discharges the quantity as measured through the fancet H.

The turning of the funnel is stopped and regulated by the lever Gr, that is stopped at either end of the slot E, and thus the funnel is prevented from being turned any farther than to open and close the aperture J, to shut off the flow of the liquid or to discharge it.

What 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The arrangement, construction, and combination of the pipe B, cylinder 0, measurer D, and faucet H, as herein described, and for the purposes set forth. I

HENRY MITCHELL. Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN REIGART, JOHN S. HOLLINGSHEAD. 

